All year long, kids defy description. Around the holidays especially though, children exhibit traits, behaviors and ideas that there are no words to describe. “The KidDictionary: Words Parents Need To Describe Their Kids” (www.TheKidDictionary.com) hopes to provide you with a much needed working lingo that will empower you to put the ways of your kids into words.

JINGLEBERRY (JING-uhl-behr-ee) n. : A Christmas Carol or other holiday song whose lyrics have been changed to incorporate potty talk and other themes contrary to the season the songs were intended to celebrate.

SHIRTURBED (shurr-TERBD) adj.: Annoyed state of a child who just received an article of clothing as a present.

RAMPAPER (rahm-PAY-puhr) v.: To ferociously shred through the gift-wrap on a present with no regard for the festive design nor the time and care that went into wrapping it.